Jack C. Richards

Interchange Fourth Edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. Student's Book, Intro is the introductory level of the Interchange Fourth Edition series and is designed for beginning students needing a thorough presentation of basic functions, grammar structures, and vocabulary. Intro is based on the principle that low-level learning does not equal low-level thinking. The Student's Book contains 16 teaching units, progress checks, additional Interchange activities, and a Grammar Plus section that provides additional grammar explanations and practice. Included is a Self-study DVD-ROM that provides the full class video and extra practice with vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, and reading. The DVD-ROM contains supplementary exercises. The corresponding Audio CDs are only sold separately.

Interchange Fourth Edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. Workbook, Intro has six-page units that follow the same sequence as Student's Book, Intro. The workbook helps recycle and review language by providing additional practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. It is appropriate for in-class work or assigned as homework.

Interchange Third Edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Interchange Third Edition Workbook has six-page units that follow the same sequence as the Student's Book, recycling and reviewing language from previous units. It provides additional practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. The Workbook can be appropriate for in-class work or assigned as homework.

Interchange Third edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. Intro is the introductory level of the Interchange Third Edition series. The Intro Level Student's Book is designed for beginning students needing a thorough, slow-paced presentation of basic functions, grammar structures, and vocabulary. Intro is based on the principle that low-level learning does not equal low-level thinking. The Student's Book contains 16 teaching units, frequent progress checks that allow students to assess and monitor their own learning, and a self-study section. Included is a Student Audio CD that contains the conversation, pronunciation, and self-study sections from the Student's Book. The Audio CD contains supplementary exercises. The corresponding Audio CDs are only sold separately.

Interchange Third edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Interchange Third Edition Level 2 Student's Book builds on the foundations established in Level 1 for accurate and fluent communication, extending grammatical, lexical, and functional skills. Topics such as travel, childhood, customs, personality, and predicaments are presented in unique ways using interesting real-life information. Each Student's Book contains 16 teaching units, frequent progress checks that allow students to assess and monitor their own learning, and a listening self-study section. Included is a Student Audio CD that contains the conversation, pronunciation, and self-study sections from the Student's Book. The Audio CD contains supplementary exercises. The corresponding Audio CDs are only sold separately.

Interchange Third edition is a four-level series for adult and young-adult learners of English from the beginning to the high-intermediate level. The Interchange Workbook has six-page units that follow the same sequence as the Student's Book, recycling and reviewing language from previous units. It provides additional practice in grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing. The Workbook can be appropriate for in-class work or assigned as homework.

Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Student's Book contains 16 thematic units with a selection of engaging topics that motivate learners to relate the reading to their own experiences. Three inviting reading passages in each unit, all adapted from authentic sources, allow students to explore the theme in depth. The variety of original sources A- including newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry A- expose learners to a wide range of writing styles. Preview pages in every unit introduce new vocabulary and ask thought-provoking questions. There are also pre-reading activities, such as predicting and thinking about personal experience, that stimulate students' interest in the unit theme. Vocabulary-building activities improve students' ability to deal with unfamiliar words, and recycle key vocabulary with challenging exercises and puzzles. Student's Book, Level 3, is for students at the high-intermediate level. Reading topics include superstitions, technology, memory, personality, the media, art, and humor.

Strategic Reading is a three-level series designed to develop reading, vocabulary-building, and critical-thinking skills. The Teacher's Manual provides clear step-by-step notes on how to use the Student's Book in class. It includes an overview of the series, a model lesson plan, and detailed vocabulary and teaching suggestions for each unit. The Teacher's Manual offers optional warm-up and extension activities as well as many ideas for additional classroom activities. Also included are culture notes, unit quizzes, and suggested answers for all exercises and quizzes.

Aimed at adult and young adult learners of American English, this new edition contains even more listening practice, plus expanded speaking activities. It can be used as the basis for an intensive listening course or a language laboratory course, or as a complementary text in a conversation course.

Strategic Reading 2 is a new intermediate reading skills text for adult and young-adult learners of English as a Second or Foreign Language. Strategic Reading 2 is designed to build the reading skills and vocabulary that students need to achieve academic success. The book contains 16 units on contemporary themes. Each unit contains three multiple-genre readings adapted from authentic sources such as newspapers, magazines, books, and websites. Units open by introducing new vocabulary and asking students thought-provoking questions related to the unit theme. On the page opposite the readings are exercises that develop student interest in the theme, provide practice in a variety of text-appropriate reading skills, and offer opportunities for discussion and/or writing. The final page features vocabulary expansion activies and suggestions for extension activities, which can be completed either inside or outside the classroom.

A comprehensive course in listening skills.